Cubicular (a.) Belonging to a chamber or bedroom.
Cubiform (a.) Of the form of a cube.
Cubile (n.) The lowest course of stones in a building.
Cubilose (n.) A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests.
Cubit (n.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist.
Cubit (n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.
Cubital (a.) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle.
Cubital (a.) Of the length of a cubit.
Cubital (n.) A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand.
Cubited (a.) Having the measure of a cubit.
Cubless (a.) Having no cubs.
Cuboid (a.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.
Cuboid (n.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.
Cuboidal (a.) Cuboid.
Cubo-octahedral (a.) Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron.
Cubo-octahedron (n.) A combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which the octahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges.
Cuca (n.) See Coca.
Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool.
Cuckold (n.) A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.
Cuckold (n.) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter).
Cuckold (n.) The cowfish.
Cuckolded (imp. & p. p.) of Cuckold
Cuckolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cuckold
Cuckold (v. t.) To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress.
Cuckoldize (v. t.) To cuckold.
Cuckoldly (a.) Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking.
Cuckoldom (n.) The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively.
Cuckoldry (n.) The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.
Cuckold's knot () A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck.
Cuckoo (n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.
Cuckoobud (n.) A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup.
Cuckooflower (n.) A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi).
Cuckoopint (n.) A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin.
Cucquean (n.) A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her.
Cucujo (n.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.
Cucullate (a.) Alt. of Cucullated
Cucullated (a.) Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.
Cucullated (a.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
Cucullated (a.) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
Cucullated (a.) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.
Cuculoid (a.) Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculidae).
Cucumber (n.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below.
Cucumiform (a.) Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved.
Cucumis (n.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
Cucurbit (n.) Alt. of Cucurbite
Cucurbite (n.) A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.
Cucurbitaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.
Cucurbitive (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.
Cud (n.) That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.
Cud (n.) A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid.
Cud (n.) The first stomach of ruminating beasts.
Cudbear (n.) A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea.
Cudbear (n.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.
Cudden (n.) A clown; a low rustic; a dolt.
Cudden (n.) The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.
Cuddled (imp. & p. p.) of Cuddle
Cuddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cuddle
Cuddle (v. i.) To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
Cuddle (v. t.) To embrace closely; to fondle.
Cuddle (n.) A close embrace.
Cuddy (n.) An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
Cuddy (n.) A blockhead; a lout.
Cuddy (n.) A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
Cuddy (n.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.
Cuddy (n.) The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius).
Cudgel (n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.
Cudgeled (imp. & p. p.) of Cudgel
Cudgelled () of Cudgel
Cudgeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cudgel
Cudgelling () of Cudgel
Cudgel (v. t.) To beat with a cudgel.
Cudgeler (n.) One who beats with a cudgel.
Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
Cue (n.) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
Cue (n.) The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
Cue (n.) A hint or intimation.
Cue (n.) The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
Cue (n.) Humor; temper of mind.
Cue (n.) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
Cue (v. t.) To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Cue (n.) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.
Cuerpo (n.) The body.
Cuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Cuff
Cuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cuff
Cuff (v. t.) To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
Cuff (v. t.) To buffet.
Cuff (v. i.) To fight; to scuffle; to box.
Cuff (n.) A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
Cuff (n.) The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
Cuff (n.) Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.
Cuffy (n.) A name for a negro.
Cufic (a.) Of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabic language.
Cuinage (n.) The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.
Cuirasses (pl. ) of Cuirass
Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
Cuirass (n.) The breastplate taken by itself.
Cuirass (n.) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.
Cuirassed (a.) Wearing a cuirass.
Cuirassed (a.) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes.
Cuirassier (n.) A soldier armed with a cuirass.